Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 13:02:07 -0500

From: "Bethany Dumas, UTK" DUMASB[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.BITNET

Subject: Re: the Ozarks and other plurals



My impression about English usage (based upon living in London for

a year in 1970-71) is that corporate entities always take the

plural verb form. So I heard "Harrods ARE having a sale" and

"Selfridges ARE open from ..." (all apostrophes delibertely

omitted). Etc.



Bethany Dumas = dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utkvx.utk.edu